THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL
by DeJong, Meindert
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1954. 1954 DeJong, Meindert THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL NY: Harper & Brothers, c1954 298pp illus Maurice Sendak 8vo tan/charcoal cloth-covered boards Minor spotting on rear cover, else Near Fine in lightly rubbed d/w (dw has some black marks on rear panel).
Synopsis
The Wheel on the School is a novel by Meindert DeJong that won the 1955 Newbery Medal for children's literature and the 1957 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. The book was illustrated by noted author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. Fred Inglis, in his book The Promise of Happiness: Value and Meaning in Children's Fiction, writes that the book invokes the ancient pieties and the values of the old world and makes them "imaginable in the new."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15529
- Title
- THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL
- Author
- DeJong, Meindert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- CH , CH-IL
Terms of Sale
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Books are returnable for a refund
if not as described.
About the Seller
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Columbia, Missouri
About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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- Fine
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